Atlas B744 at Nuremberg on Feb 20th 2019, technical problem
Last Update: February 20, 2019 / 23:19:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 20, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Atlas Air
Flight number
5Y-8591
Departure
Nuremberg, Germany
Destination
Portsmouth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N464MC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
Leipzig Airport reported emergency services were on standby by standard operating procedures, the aircraft landed safely despite some technical problem. The aircraft was repaired and departed later in the afternoon.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 3:15 hours, then departed again and reached Portsmouth with a delay of about 5 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 20, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Atlas Air
Flight number
5Y-8591
Departure
Nuremberg, Germany
Destination
Portsmouth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N464MC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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